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Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1937-01-29

Ohio Jewish Chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1937-01-29, page 01

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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Volume XVII—No. 162
COLUMBUS, OHIO, JANUARY 29,, 1937
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Strictly Confidential
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
Forest in Palestine Honors
Late Anierican Jewish
Labor Leader
Fistic Dcpt.>
The real reason behind the forth¬ coming tour of Max Schmcling through the South is an attempt to exploit anti-Negro sentiment and rally it in opposition to the anti-Nazi sentiment which seeks to boycott thc Schmeling -^ Bradddck fight. The strategy ,is that if the South doesn't like .Negroes it will be opposed to anything likely to make a Negro tlie world's heavyweight cham¬ pion. , . . If the boycott ruins the Schmeling-Braddock tilt, then Joe Louis gets a crack .at.,Braddock. ... Hence Schmeling's handlers think it smart to show their man in the South. We also hear that thc.Hiticr hero's appearances below the ,Mason-Dixon line will be used to test out how much boycott sentiment there -is. . . .. New' York's Nazis have hired the Hippo¬ drome for February 12th to stage t protest meeting against the boycott of thc fight. . . . Mike Jacobs operates the Hipp. . . ; Although the New York State Athletic . Commission failed to act on the request for a boycott of the bout, one of the commissioners is privately infayor df calling off the fight.'. . .
¦ Nazi; News' If you eat in a hotel or restaurant that has German help yoii had better speak iri whispers. . . . Because the Nazis have organized the League of German - American Waiters, \ whose members are instructed to spy on guests in hotels and restaurants. . . . The members make regular reports on their eavesdropping to the Deutsch- Amerikanischer .Bund. . , .There is . also a Nazi outfit which spreads slanders about prominent anti-Nazi , German Ameri'cans and about other Americans opposed to Hitlerism. . . . And we've also been told of.the Black ' Storm Troopers, a new German group with branches throughout the country* It has special affiliates for Polish, Hungarian and White Russian Fas¬ cists.^ ....
Historical Note When that yarn about Jewish colonization. in Santo Domingo laid an egg it spoiled a good story. . . ..If you know your history you will recall that Santo Domingo was one of the ¦ places discovered hy Christopher Ca¬ lumbus on his first voyage to the New Vyorld and that at each stop it was Luis de Torres, the Jewish interpreter, who was the first to,go ashore. . ,.¦.. , .Consequently a modern Jewish colony in, Santo Domingo would be carrying . . on \vhat Torres started 44S years ago. Congress has a bill to grant a Federal charter to the Jewish War Veterans' of the United States. ... If the precc-; dent, set by the B'nai B'rith in holding a meeting of its executive committee at the Hotel Floridian, Miami Beach, takes hold, we may find air Jewish organizations holding their . winter powwowsin Florida.,. ... Via SJhort Wove A one-man .Christian-Jewish good . . will movement has been started in Poland by a Captain Popratzky, a re¬ tired army officer. . . . Through his paper, Zespolenie, he agitates against Jew-baiting and seeks to rally the peasants and intelligentsia to his pro¬ posed league against anti-Semitism... Having survived an anti-Semitic plot to poison him, former Foreign Minis¬ ter Nicholas Titulescu is busily eh- ^gaged in welding all democratic, and anti-Fascist forces in Roumania into a single block. . .. Those Jewish pro¬ tests,^ to Tokio against anti-Semitism in Japanese-controlled ; Manchukuo won't get far. .„. . Nippon has'gonc Nazi-crazy. . , . The swastika is omnipresent in Japan. . . ..And pro- Nazi feeling is widespread. . . . The father of candid^ramera photography is Dr. Erich Salomon, late of Ger¬ many, but now of London. . . . .Leo Reuss, an exiled German Jewish actoi, is the sensation of Vienna. , . . Unable to get a job under, his own name he passed himself off as Kaspar Brand- hofer, a Tyrolean mountaineer. . . Under this alias he applied for i theatrical job and got it without queS' tion because of his unusual talent • ¦ • When the brilliant and "self-trained" peasant had taken Vienna by storni Reuss broke down and confessed the hoax. . . , Our boss Joe Brainin's cousin Fritz, of Vienna, who just got a poetry prize, published his first volume of poetry on his sixteenth birthday, some years ago. ... This and That New York's political master minds haven't yet forgotten that Governor Lehman was cut by thousands of Catholic voters in the last election. To prove they still remember thqy are (Continued on page 2)
Anti - Nazi Emigres Urge
German People' Front
To Unseat Hitler
A CaU To Central Ohio Jewry
• ' ' •' ' '*.— AN EDITORIAL
JERUSALEM (WNS - Palcor Agency)—Amid ceremonies made notable by the presence of seven American Jewish labor leaders, tho Jews of Palestine paid supreme trib¬ ute to thc late Abraham Shiplacoff, American labor leader, former New York State assemblyman and New York City alderman, by planting a forest in his memory ih the communal colony of Kfar Hahoresh, on the hills of Nazareth alongside the forest that was started in 1932 in memory of George Washington. -The ' forest, the first in recognition of a Jewish labor leader in the United States, was hailed hy Palestine and American representa¬ tives as the first important link be¬ tween the rebuilding of the Jewish Homeland and the organized Jewish Laljor ¦ Movement in America. The tree planting exercises were carried throtigh in a torrential rain, causing the ^peaking program to be adjourned to thc community hall of the colony. Each of the American Labor Repre¬ sentatives planted a sapling in the first section of the forest which will have 6,000 trees. The delegates are Joseph Schlossberg, member of the New York Board of Higher Education and sec¬ retary-treasurer of the Ainaigamated Clothing Workers'. Union, Max Zar- itzky, president of the Cap and Millin¬ ery ."VVorkers' Union, Isidore, Nagler, general. manager bf the Cloak,. Suit, Skirt and Reefer Makers*, Union, Reuben ,Guskin, president of the United Hebrew Trades, Samuel Perl¬ mutter, vice-president of the Inter¬ national Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Joseph Brqslaw, vice-president of the same union, allOf New- York; and , Jack Blume,. of Boston, general manager of the Amalgamated Joint Board bf Boston. - .,.
The forest was established by the Jewish National Fund, land-acquisi¬ tion agency of the Jewish people in Palestine. Speaking on behalf of the fund,, Berl Katznelson, editor of the Davar, Hebrew Labor Daily, declared that -this;, was "the first time -that American Jewish Laboi- is tangi|3ly symbolized in Palestine." Tracing the growth of the Jewish National Fund during the thirty-five years of its ex¬ istence, he pointed; out that it' had been supported by all sections of Jewry. He expressed regret, however, that organized Jewish X.abor in the United States had iiot fully understood the significaiice of the fund's program. But now, with the planting of the Shiplacoff Forest, a bond has been created between American Jewish labor and the Jewish National Fund." The representatives of Kfar Hahoresh expressed satisfaction with the privi¬ lege that was theirs of tending this memorial to the late noted American Jewish leader.
The reply of the American Labor Delegation was made, by Mr.. G.uskin who,.admitted that when the forest project was first undertaken, there had been, difficulties but "now the, project is happily assured and the' forest will be Extended to the utmost. Hitherto the significance of the Jewish, National Fund to the American Labor Move¬ ment has been inadequately, explained. But now it is clearn from our own ob¬ servation that without the National Fund Palestine could not have reached its present'stage. One of the duties I of this delegation when it returns to America will be to explain to our people that, the Keren Kayemeth is the heart of the upbuilding of Pales¬ tine.'! The delegation then presented to the colony a bronze plaque of Ship¬ lacoff as a token of the American Jewish Labor Movemetit's Association with the National Fund.
PARIS (WNS)—Establishment of a German People's Front through a union of all Germans in and oiit of Germany who arc opposed to the Nazi regime is called for in a proclamation issued here by TH world-famous Ger¬ man refugees on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the Hitler government. Emphasizing that "the brown tyranny can he broken only through the union of all Germans who arc witling to fight for freedom a^d justice," the proclamation summons all Germans in the Reich and in other countries, re¬ gardless of poUtical, economic or re¬ ligious opinions, to unite in a German People's Front. The, proclamation de¬ clares that this new People's Front is not intended to be a new party but a union,of all "those willing to stake their efforts for; the liberty and pros¬ perity of the German people." Affili¬ ates of the People's Front are assiired of complete freedoin of opinion for their own political, religious- and eco¬ nomic ideologies. .
The proclamation .also outlines a nine-point program;which includes the following demands: freedom for all the Nazi regime's victims now iti con¬ centration camps, revocation 'O^ ^" terrorist laws; , punishtnent fdr all those responsible for, the Nazi govern¬ ment's crimes; complete freedom of press and, assembly; absolute freedom of thought, conscience; and religious w;qrship; an immediate end tb race in¬ citement; the. discontinuance of all forms of war propaganda; election of jvdges by the people and; protection
During the past week America waa aroused by the S'ld plight of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children who were driven froni their homes by the greatest flood disaster in thc country^s history. The . story of this catastrophe is being told to the American people every minute of the day, and uiilcss flnancial assistance is forthcoming immediately, none can fore¬ tell what ithis suffering, this despair, may lead to. To us, who, if not enjoying the maximum of prosperity, have at least adequate food, clothing, shelter and many of the luxuries of life, it seems almost incredible that such agony can exist in God's World of beauty and sunshine.
The Chronicle feels that the issues involved'in the appeal of th6 American Red Cross are sufficiently clear not to requii^e any further elucidation. This outstand¬ ing humanitarian organization, that knows no national¬ ity, color, age, sex or creed, needs provisions and funds at once. Cehtral Ohio Jewry has never failed to re¬ spond to the urgent call of the unfortunate, the sick and the needy. In critical times auch as these we again can prove worthy of our religion and our race. The honor of Israel is in our keeping—^we dare not fail in this herculean effort of alleviating suffering humanity.
Trotzky Sees Neither Assimilation Nor
Zionism Curing Jewish Problem;
Says Socialism Only Solution
Agudath Achim Cong. Joins In Flood Relief Cainpaign
A flood relief committee, headed by Habbi M. Hirschsprung, for thc pur¬ pose of receiving donations from the nieuibers.and friends of the Agudath Achim congregation for.the Red Cross Refugee Fund, was. formed last Wed¬ nesday evenitig at a special meeting of the Board of Trustees, One. hundred dollars was voted by the Board and a check for this amount,. accompanied
by a letter signed by Walter Katz,
of-the individual against,arbitraryjc^ j,r^5jj(.„,_ j, Yenkin, treasurer, B.
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was immediately forwarded to the
gal decrees; full right b£ working men and women to .organize iri free labor unions; liberation of sciences from all restrictions and the reconstitution of all institutions ,of learning in a liberal and modern spirit.
Local Infant Welfare Drive WiH Begin Monday
Red Cross Bureau.
Following the appeal of the Rabbi during the . Saturday services, com¬ mittees. wiU be at the Synagogue on Saturday evening between, 6:30 and
Public Invited to See J.D.C,
Film Production Next
Monday Evening
A talking slide.film that tells the dramatic story of "Twenty-Three Years of Human Salvage," attiong the Jews of Eastern and Central Europe and Palestine from the war days- of 'lOl'l to the present time, will be shown in'the Social Hall of the Broad St. Temple next Monday, eyening at 8:30 o'clock. The, picture "is open to the public and there will he no admissioii
MEXICO., CITY~-(WNS) —His youthful belief that a'ssiniilation would cause an automatic disappearance of the Jewish problem has been shattered by the developments of the last cen¬ tury, Leon Trotzky, exiled Soviet leader, who is now living iu Mexico City, declared in a statement published in Der Wcg, Mexico Gity Yiddish paper. Expressing regret that he had never learned Yiddish and hence had been unable to keep, in, clb.sc touch with Jewish affairs, Trotzky said thai "declining capitalism had everywhere led to a bestial nationalism, of which anti-Semitism is. an integral . part. This is, why anti-Semitism has emerged in the most: highly developed capitalistic couiitrics of Europe, as for exaniple in Germany," '
He emphasized that the Jews', de¬ velopment of their own press, and language (Yiddish) indicates that the Jeivs will be preserved for a long, time to come, but.added; "This peo¬ ple cannot, exist without, a common territory of its own; Zionism is based on this idea. But the day-by-day record of events,is not sucli as to in¬ dicate that Zionism isjcapable of solv¬ ing the Jewish problem. The conflict between the Jews . and the Arabs is assuming a most .tragic and menacing character. I am utterly convinced that the Jewish problem cannot be solved within the framework, of pu¬ trescent capitalism and under-the con¬ trol ¦ of British-, imperialism."
Discussing the solution of-the JeW'
mankind. , Aiiytliing that is.donc with¬ out that ix)int of view cannot be more than a palliative and temporary meas- . ure, aii the example of . Palestine proves." ¦ ,
B. B. Sees Anti-Jewish
Propaganda Still a
Threat in U*S.
charge. Rabbi Nathan Zelizer will
also summarize the latest JewislTCur-lish problem under Socialism; Trotzky
rent Events. Mrs. B. W.; Abramson is in charge of the program.
The brotherhood of the T. I. Tem¬ ple will hold its regular meeting that tiiglit at 8 o'clock sharp in the "small synagogue" and will be presided over
Bryden Road Temple to House Flood Victims
Commencing Monday, Feb". Ist, Mrs. Albert Schiff, chairman, and Mrs. William Schiff, co-chairman, will open the Infant Welfare Drive for the Columhus Chapter of National Hadas¬ sah., The proceeds, of the campaign will provide- nourishment for Palestin¬ ian, children and offer pre-natal care .for the mothers. Twenty-three sani¬ tary milk stations , take care of the tliousands of expectant , mothers in Palestine, and their children. As a re¬ sult, of this work done by Hadassah, a recent research showed a marked infant and maternity mortality reduc¬ tion in thaf land. ¦;
Success of the work pf the recon¬ struction of Palestine depends first upon health of the people living and working in the country. Hadassah her lieves that by giving the infant a good healthy start, it will contribute greatly towards the upbuilding, of the couhtry. As the budget for this year's drive has been increased due to the influx of many German , children refugees into .Palestine, a greater response .;is needed in order to reach the quota of, the Hadassah Infant Welfare Drive. The cooperation of; Columbus Jewry is asked to, assure the successful con¬ clusion of, this great effort.
Assisting .Mesdaines Albert and William Schiff. are: Mesdames Jack Schiff; Morris Goldberg, Harry Mell- mali, Bernard Feitlinger, Louis Berns, Edward Davis, Jule Mark,, Edward Hyman, L W. Garek, Sam Schlonsky, Jack Schilling, Harry.' Silberstein, Earl Coplon, Justin Sillman, R, Nate- mati, B. W. Abramson, Edward Paiiet; Irving 'Roth, A, Jacobson, Arthur Taylor, Louis Gertner, Leon Nason, Robprt-^uid, 'Ben Yenkin, Sam Rosen¬ feld, Aapon i^uckerman, Louis Ruben and Sam Gurevitz.
10:1)0 P. M. and'^11 day Sunday to by Mr. I. H. Schlezinger, president of accept contribution^ The trustees, of the congregation and thb T. I. Senior the , Agudath AchiJn will change m 1 Sisterhood will also meet that- eyening shifts.^ The foilo^Tiff'h^vft alreadv in the Social-Hall,and will be presided
shifts.- The following. - have already volunteered to serv6: Walter Katz, M., Gertner, J, Yenkin,NB.: Wolman; J. Krakowitz, J. Schottenstein, L. Lakin, A. Yenkin; A. Poling, R B. Schot-' tenstein, A. Goldberg,; S.sRuben, S. Moss, B..Greenberg. A group of the Young, Israel organization also offered their' co-operation., . Rabbi Hirschsprung; in an interview with Colonel Miimm, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Refugee Hous¬ ing Coinmittee, promisied the coopci*a- fioh :of the AgudatK Achim Syna¬ gogue and its officers ih ¦ any case of housing emergency. ,
For. any iiiformation regarding re¬ lief, call either Walter Katz, GArfield 3906, or Rabbi Hirschsprung, FAirfax 0025. The Synagogue is located at Washington Avenue and Donaldson street. , ',
Governors, Senators aiid Con¬ gressmen Back Protest Against Poland
NEW YORK (WNS)~Governors of nine states, 14 United States Sena¬ tors from 13 states, and 66 metnbers of the House of Representatives from 30- states and Hawaii .have sent mes¬ sages of sympatUy^ with an approval of the purposes of the conference on the Jewish situation,in Polahd which the American Jewish Congress ¦ has convened for Sunday, January 31, in New York City:;
in the Social Hall and will be presided over; by Mrs. Morris . Brown, .presi¬ dent. Both meetings will, be open to the public.
'23 Years of Human Salvage" is a graphic new, form of sound filni that employs vivid pictures, thrilling voices, and exciting technique. It is the most appealing presentation ever made of the far flung work- of relief, and; re¬ habilitation financed by. American Jews. Rabbi Zelizer was fortunate in obtaining the films from the' Joint Distribution Committee, under >yhose auspices and cooperation the film is made available.
The pictures^ould be of great in: terest to all who concern themselves with thc sad plight of European Jewry, is the opinion of Rabbi ZeUzer/ "It is an excellent presentation of the. herculean relief work done in more than 40 countries, including Palestine," he.said. ;
Jew and Arab ; Represent Palestine at Coronation
JERUSALEM (WNS - Palcor Agency) ^Palestine will, be repre¬ sented at the 'coronation of King George VI, it was announced in. the persons of Isaac Ben Zvi, President of the Jewish National Council, and Amin Abdul Hadi, member of the Moslem Supreme Council. The Jewish and Arab leaders have both, accepted the invitation addressed to them by His Majesty.
There: will -be ,no Sabbath School, no Temple Supper which was sched¬ uled for Sunday, Jan. 31, and no other activities or group gatherings at the Bryden Road Temple until, further notice, are the orders of the Bryden Road Temple Board. This step.was necessitated in order to respond to an appeal made by the American Red Cross in the housing of-the many flood refugees brought here to Co¬ lumbus during the paat week. The Temple has prepared to care for over 100 Portsmouth flood victims, and lias graciously offered all its facilities in this humanitarian efltort.
According to Rabbi Samuel Gup, only a meeting of the Sabbath School faculty members will be held on Sun¬ day, Jan., 31. at &:45 A. M.^ in his study at the Bryden Rd. Temple. The Sisterhood supper has definitely been postponed to Feb. 14th.
Flood Refugees to Benefit By Bridge Wednesday
For the benefit of the thousands of flood refugees, a group bf Jewish women headed by Mrs. Sam Lichten¬ stein, 783 Fairwood Ave., Mrs. Charles Solomon, Mrs. Jack Mellman, Mrs. Sam Shenker, Mrs. A.. Pollacki Mrs. M. Baum, Mrs. Jos. Schecter and Mrs. Harry O. Mellman. are sponsoring a bridge party at the East Broad St. Temple next Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 8, at 1 o'clock. The cdst per pei-son will be only 35 cents for an enjoyable afternoon of bridge with prizes included. All money raised by this effort will go towards providing relief to flood sufferers, T^o those unfortunate men, women and children, the proceeds Of Wednesday afternoon's bridge i>arty will be of considerable help and inspiration.
How To Give Flood Help
To make casK donations; Take it to Red Cros3 headquarters, 387 E. Broad St., or call MAin 2211, or the Columbus Clearing House Association, ADams 9816, or ADams 3938, or radio statioms WCOL, WBNS or WHKCt or leave cash donations at any bank.
To help house flood refugees: Churches and lodges call Rev. Edwin D. Miner, Broad St. Presbyterian Church, ADams 2289.
To give food, clothing, beds and bedding: Take it to Salvation Army headquarters, 138 E. State St., or call MAin 3235 for truck to pick ii up. Canned food is needed.
To give food and clothing: Take it to Memorial Hall, where American Legion is receiving contribu¬ tions, or call ADams 2316 or ADams 1413 for truck to pick it up.
To give food, clothing and other supplies: Take it to the Volunteers of America headquarters, 379 W. Broad St., or call for truck at ADams 8650, ADams 6180, or ADams 6189.
Return your empty milk bottles to the dairy, so they can be used to ship inilk to flooded areas. .
said Socialism would have "iiiCredible possibilities" in this field. "Human history has already had a period of mass migration, jn a barbarian- age. Socialism will provide the opportunity for a great migration facilitated by a highly developed, technical and ciil-r tiiral background. The reference is not, naturally, tq „a forced emigration which-'would create new .ghettos for certain nationalities,;, this migration will be one which, certain peoples, or sections of them, will themselves de¬ mand. The scattered Jewish masses which Want to live in a cohtmuriity of their own will surely find a sufficiently large and'fertile place under the sun. Similar _ opportunities will be . pro¬ vided for the Arabs and other scat¬ tered peoples. National topography will become a part ' of planned economy. This is the great historical perspective that opens up before me. Working for international Socialism is identical with working for a solu¬ tion of the Jewish question,
Speaking of the Je>vish problem in the Soviet Union, he said it still exists in the sense that there exists a Ukrain¬ ian, . Georgian and' even a Russian problem. Trotzky charged that "the all-powerful bureaucracy is stifling the development of national cultures as of culture in general" atid even de¬ clared that "to strengthen its ppsition the bureaucracy- did not even .stop short of creating, to a certain extent, chauvinistic I and ,even anti-Semitic tendencies." , The former Soviet war lord also asserted that the last trial of counter-revolutionaries in Moscow was staged allegedly with the "inten¬ tion of presenting the internationalists as faithless and lawless Jews who are capable bf selling' themselves to .the Gernian secret police. S'hce ,1925, and especially since 1026, there has been going on a well-camouflaged, demagogic anti-Semitic movement which is not easy to expose; side by side with, sb to speak, symbolic trials of avowed progromists."
Dealing with the social assimilation of the old Jewish petty bourgeoisie in Soviet society, Trotzky declared: "A considerable part of the Jewish petty bourgeoisie and of the lower and mid¬ dle class strata iu general .has been taken into the huge machine of gov¬ ernment, industry, commerce, co- opeiVJtives, etc. Thisi provides the basis for a tendency to anti-Semitism, and the leaders, with the utmost skill, divert and direct against the Jews the dissatisfaction that prevails against the bureaucracy." He declined to give a iiersonal opinion of Birobidjan be¬ cause hc doesn't know the region and ia not familiar with the conditions under which the Jews are establishing themselves there. He did say, how¬ ever, that "iii any case this wpuld be only a partial experiment; Soviet Russia is still too poor to solve its own Jewish question, even if its regime were much more Socialistic than it is today.. The Jewish.problem, I emphasize again, is closely bound up with that of the emancipation of all
MIAMI, FLORIDA (WNS)—. Thc , B'nai. B'rith Anti-Defamation' League, handled. 9C8 cases of anti- Jewish defamaltion in 1936 as comr. pared with 287 in 1935, Richard E; Gutstadt, director of the League, re¬ ported to the two-day annual meeting of B'nai B'rith's executive committee held in the Hotel Floridian, Ex-; pressing the belief that "as a result of the election a substantial number, of (anti-Semitic) agencies will cease to function," Mr. Gutstadt emphasized that 'Ve are equally convinced, how¬ ever, that the hostile propaganda is ¦ hy no means at an end in our couiit , try, but that as a matter of fact aniir Semites- and other eneniies .of the American system are actively at work;, rebuilding their fences and planning destructive action Of a character which counsels the utmost vigilance and concern on the part of American Jewry." By classes the League's 1936 cases were divided as follows: books, '¦'. 70; education, 16; employment, 37:; in¬ vestigations, 203; magazines and pam¬ phlets, 68; moying. pictures, and, the theatre,-48.; newspapers, ,116;, organ- . izations; 102; propagandists or anti- Seinitcs, 107; Passion Play, 24; radi.o, 40; resorts and hotels, 29; miscella¬ neous, 108. : ¦
Alfred M; ,Cohen,' president , of B'nai B'rith, reported to the commit¬ tee that the .Order's lodges now num- ; ber 441, an increase of SE7 bver^ .1KJ5,;. New lodges, he said, were established, in Tel Aviv,, Santiago, Chile and Iifon'tevideo, Urugudy, He also re- ; ported that the women's auxiliary's membership has risen from, iO.OOO to 15,000. Sam Berber, chairman ofthe Aleph Zadek , Aleph, reported con¬ tinued gains by the junior diyision of the Order. Dr. Abram Sachar, chair¬ man of the Hillel. Foundation; Com¬ mission, reported that the 13 founda¬ tions were making steady progress, and that the morale was higher than at any timb since 1929.
**Sugar'n Spice" Proceeds wm Be Given to the i Flood Victims
At a. special meeting of the Board Members of the Tifereth Israel Jr.; , Sisterhood it .was unanimously passed that : the net proceeds of their 3rd annual show and dance "Sugar 'N Spice" tb- be held in the social;hall' oJE the Broad St. Tfemple tomorrow night (Sunday) Jan.;31, will be turned over to the Red Cross, the agency caring for the flood victims.
Although ^ reservations have al¬ ready been made by Dr. Cotton's Housing Committee to shelter approxi-' mately 8(1 refugees in the East Broad St. Temple; this. affair nevertheless ¦ vvill be shown. Should the committee find it necessary to utilize the temple for sheltering the homeless, ;the shbw and dance vyill be given in the biiild-', irig" in the rear of the Temple.
The Jewish Community is asked to' cooperate with the Sisterhood in the success of this charitable effort by attending the perforinance which will begin promptly'at 8 o'clock.; Chic' Milligan and,his orchestra will furnish the music.
During, the. last week additional ' patron tickets were sold to the follow¬ ing: Sally's Beauty Shop, 984' Lock-; bourne Rd., Dr. and Mrs. Lester Selig¬ son, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mellman, Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Solomon, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Brown,' Mr. and Mrs. B. Grossman, Mr, and Mrs. Albert Schiff, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Schiff, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Katz, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gilbert, and Vierick Florists-
Council to Meet Tuesday
A meeting of the Cwmcil of Jew¬ ish Women will be held Ttiesday, Feb. '2, at 2 o'clock, at the Bryden Road, Temple. Warren W. Tuttle, assistant in the public relations division of jpub- lic assistance, will speak on "An In¬ terpretation of the Social Security Services." Current events will be read by Mrsi. Justin Sillman.
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Volume XVII—No. 162
COLUMBUS, OHIO, JANUARY 29,, 1937
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Strictly Confidential
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
Forest in Palestine Honors
Late Anierican Jewish
Labor Leader
Fistic Dcpt.>
The real reason behind the forth¬ coming tour of Max Schmcling through the South is an attempt to exploit anti-Negro sentiment and rally it in opposition to the anti-Nazi sentiment which seeks to boycott thc Schmeling -^ Bradddck fight. The strategy ,is that if the South doesn't like .Negroes it will be opposed to anything likely to make a Negro tlie world's heavyweight cham¬ pion. , . . If the boycott ruins the Schmeling-Braddock tilt, then Joe Louis gets a crack .at.,Braddock. ... Hence Schmeling's handlers think it smart to show their man in the South. We also hear that thc.Hiticr hero's appearances below the ,Mason-Dixon line will be used to test out how much boycott sentiment there -is. . . .. New' York's Nazis have hired the Hippo¬ drome for February 12th to stage t protest meeting against the boycott of thc fight. . . . Mike Jacobs operates the Hipp. . . ; Although the New York State Athletic . Commission failed to act on the request for a boycott of the bout, one of the commissioners is privately infayor df calling off the fight.'. . .
¦ Nazi; News' If you eat in a hotel or restaurant that has German help yoii had better speak iri whispers. . . . Because the Nazis have organized the League of German - American Waiters, \ whose members are instructed to spy on guests in hotels and restaurants. . . . The members make regular reports on their eavesdropping to the Deutsch- Amerikanischer .Bund. . , .There is . also a Nazi outfit which spreads slanders about prominent anti-Nazi , German Ameri'cans and about other Americans opposed to Hitlerism. . . . And we've also been told of.the Black ' Storm Troopers, a new German group with branches throughout the country* It has special affiliates for Polish, Hungarian and White Russian Fas¬ cists.^ ....
Historical Note When that yarn about Jewish colonization. in Santo Domingo laid an egg it spoiled a good story. . . ..If you know your history you will recall that Santo Domingo was one of the ¦ places discovered hy Christopher Ca¬ lumbus on his first voyage to the New Vyorld and that at each stop it was Luis de Torres, the Jewish interpreter, who was the first to,go ashore. . ,.¦.. , .Consequently a modern Jewish colony in, Santo Domingo would be carrying . . on \vhat Torres started 44S years ago. Congress has a bill to grant a Federal charter to the Jewish War Veterans' of the United States. ... If the precc-; dent, set by the B'nai B'rith in holding a meeting of its executive committee at the Hotel Floridian, Miami Beach, takes hold, we may find air Jewish organizations holding their . winter powwowsin Florida.,. ... Via SJhort Wove A one-man .Christian-Jewish good . . will movement has been started in Poland by a Captain Popratzky, a re¬ tired army officer. . . . Through his paper, Zespolenie, he agitates against Jew-baiting and seeks to rally the peasants and intelligentsia to his pro¬ posed league against anti-Semitism... Having survived an anti-Semitic plot to poison him, former Foreign Minis¬ ter Nicholas Titulescu is busily eh- ^gaged in welding all democratic, and anti-Fascist forces in Roumania into a single block. . .. Those Jewish pro¬ tests,^ to Tokio against anti-Semitism in Japanese-controlled ; Manchukuo won't get far. .„. . Nippon has'gonc Nazi-crazy. . , . The swastika is omnipresent in Japan. . . ..And pro- Nazi feeling is widespread. . . . The father of candid^ramera photography is Dr. Erich Salomon, late of Ger¬ many, but now of London. . . . .Leo Reuss, an exiled German Jewish actoi, is the sensation of Vienna. , . . Unable to get a job under, his own name he passed himself off as Kaspar Brand- hofer, a Tyrolean mountaineer. . . Under this alias he applied for i theatrical job and got it without queS' tion because of his unusual talent • ¦ • When the brilliant and "self-trained" peasant had taken Vienna by storni Reuss broke down and confessed the hoax. . . , Our boss Joe Brainin's cousin Fritz, of Vienna, who just got a poetry prize, published his first volume of poetry on his sixteenth birthday, some years ago. ... This and That New York's political master minds haven't yet forgotten that Governor Lehman was cut by thousands of Catholic voters in the last election. To prove they still remember thqy are (Continued on page 2)
Anti - Nazi Emigres Urge
German People' Front
To Unseat Hitler
A CaU To Central Ohio Jewry
• ' ' •' ' '*.— AN EDITORIAL
JERUSALEM (WNS - Palcor Agency)—Amid ceremonies made notable by the presence of seven American Jewish labor leaders, tho Jews of Palestine paid supreme trib¬ ute to thc late Abraham Shiplacoff, American labor leader, former New York State assemblyman and New York City alderman, by planting a forest in his memory ih the communal colony of Kfar Hahoresh, on the hills of Nazareth alongside the forest that was started in 1932 in memory of George Washington. -The ' forest, the first in recognition of a Jewish labor leader in the United States, was hailed hy Palestine and American representa¬ tives as the first important link be¬ tween the rebuilding of the Jewish Homeland and the organized Jewish Laljor ¦ Movement in America. The tree planting exercises were carried throtigh in a torrential rain, causing the ^peaking program to be adjourned to thc community hall of the colony. Each of the American Labor Repre¬ sentatives planted a sapling in the first section of the forest which will have 6,000 trees. The delegates are Joseph Schlossberg, member of the New York Board of Higher Education and sec¬ retary-treasurer of the Ainaigamated Clothing Workers'. Union, Max Zar- itzky, president of the Cap and Millin¬ ery ."VVorkers' Union, Isidore, Nagler, general. manager bf the Cloak,. Suit, Skirt and Reefer Makers*, Union, Reuben ,Guskin, president of the United Hebrew Trades, Samuel Perl¬ mutter, vice-president of the Inter¬ national Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Joseph Brqslaw, vice-president of the same union, allOf New- York; and , Jack Blume,. of Boston, general manager of the Amalgamated Joint Board bf Boston. - .,.
The forest was established by the Jewish National Fund, land-acquisi¬ tion agency of the Jewish people in Palestine. Speaking on behalf of the fund,, Berl Katznelson, editor of the Davar, Hebrew Labor Daily, declared that -this;, was "the first time -that American Jewish Laboi- is tangi|3ly symbolized in Palestine." Tracing the growth of the Jewish National Fund during the thirty-five years of its ex¬ istence, he pointed; out that it' had been supported by all sections of Jewry. He expressed regret, however, that organized Jewish X.abor in the United States had iiot fully understood the significaiice of the fund's program. But now, with the planting of the Shiplacoff Forest, a bond has been created between American Jewish labor and the Jewish National Fund." The representatives of Kfar Hahoresh expressed satisfaction with the privi¬ lege that was theirs of tending this memorial to the late noted American Jewish leader.
The reply of the American Labor Delegation was made, by Mr.. G.uskin who,.admitted that when the forest project was first undertaken, there had been, difficulties but "now the, project is happily assured and the' forest will be Extended to the utmost. Hitherto the significance of the Jewish, National Fund to the American Labor Move¬ ment has been inadequately, explained. But now it is clearn from our own ob¬ servation that without the National Fund Palestine could not have reached its present'stage. One of the duties I of this delegation when it returns to America will be to explain to our people that, the Keren Kayemeth is the heart of the upbuilding of Pales¬ tine.'! The delegation then presented to the colony a bronze plaque of Ship¬ lacoff as a token of the American Jewish Labor Movemetit's Association with the National Fund.
PARIS (WNS)—Establishment of a German People's Front through a union of all Germans in and oiit of Germany who arc opposed to the Nazi regime is called for in a proclamation issued here by TH world-famous Ger¬ man refugees on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the Hitler government. Emphasizing that "the brown tyranny can he broken only through the union of all Germans who arc witling to fight for freedom a^d justice," the proclamation summons all Germans in the Reich and in other countries, re¬ gardless of poUtical, economic or re¬ ligious opinions, to unite in a German People's Front. The, proclamation de¬ clares that this new People's Front is not intended to be a new party but a union,of all "those willing to stake their efforts for; the liberty and pros¬ perity of the German people." Affili¬ ates of the People's Front are assiired of complete freedoin of opinion for their own political, religious- and eco¬ nomic ideologies. .
The proclamation .also outlines a nine-point program;which includes the following demands: freedom for all the Nazi regime's victims now iti con¬ centration camps, revocation 'O^ ^" terrorist laws; , punishtnent fdr all those responsible for, the Nazi govern¬ ment's crimes; complete freedom of press and, assembly; absolute freedom of thought, conscience; and religious w;qrship; an immediate end tb race in¬ citement; the. discontinuance of all forms of war propaganda; election of jvdges by the people and; protection
During the past week America waa aroused by the S'ld plight of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children who were driven froni their homes by the greatest flood disaster in thc country^s history. The . story of this catastrophe is being told to the American people every minute of the day, and uiilcss flnancial assistance is forthcoming immediately, none can fore¬ tell what ithis suffering, this despair, may lead to. To us, who, if not enjoying the maximum of prosperity, have at least adequate food, clothing, shelter and many of the luxuries of life, it seems almost incredible that such agony can exist in God's World of beauty and sunshine.
The Chronicle feels that the issues involved'in the appeal of th6 American Red Cross are sufficiently clear not to requii^e any further elucidation. This outstand¬ ing humanitarian organization, that knows no national¬ ity, color, age, sex or creed, needs provisions and funds at once. Cehtral Ohio Jewry has never failed to re¬ spond to the urgent call of the unfortunate, the sick and the needy. In critical times auch as these we again can prove worthy of our religion and our race. The honor of Israel is in our keeping—^we dare not fail in this herculean effort of alleviating suffering humanity.
Trotzky Sees Neither Assimilation Nor
Zionism Curing Jewish Problem;
Says Socialism Only Solution
Agudath Achim Cong. Joins In Flood Relief Cainpaign
A flood relief committee, headed by Habbi M. Hirschsprung, for thc pur¬ pose of receiving donations from the nieuibers.and friends of the Agudath Achim congregation for.the Red Cross Refugee Fund, was. formed last Wed¬ nesday evenitig at a special meeting of the Board of Trustees, One. hundred dollars was voted by the Board and a check for this amount,. accompanied
by a letter signed by Walter Katz,
of-the individual against,arbitraryjc^ j,r^5jj(.„,_ j, Yenkin, treasurer, B.
._. o« Wolman,,; secretary, and the Rabbi,
was immediately forwarded to the
gal decrees; full right b£ working men and women to .organize iri free labor unions; liberation of sciences from all restrictions and the reconstitution of all institutions ,of learning in a liberal and modern spirit.
Local Infant Welfare Drive WiH Begin Monday
Red Cross Bureau.
Following the appeal of the Rabbi during the . Saturday services, com¬ mittees. wiU be at the Synagogue on Saturday evening between, 6:30 and
Public Invited to See J.D.C,
Film Production Next
Monday Evening
A talking slide.film that tells the dramatic story of "Twenty-Three Years of Human Salvage," attiong the Jews of Eastern and Central Europe and Palestine from the war days- of 'lOl'l to the present time, will be shown in'the Social Hall of the Broad St. Temple next Monday, eyening at 8:30 o'clock. The, picture "is open to the public and there will he no admissioii
MEXICO., CITY~-(WNS) —His youthful belief that a'ssiniilation would cause an automatic disappearance of the Jewish problem has been shattered by the developments of the last cen¬ tury, Leon Trotzky, exiled Soviet leader, who is now living iu Mexico City, declared in a statement published in Der Wcg, Mexico Gity Yiddish paper. Expressing regret that he had never learned Yiddish and hence had been unable to keep, in, clb.sc touch with Jewish affairs, Trotzky said thai "declining capitalism had everywhere led to a bestial nationalism, of which anti-Semitism is. an integral . part. This is, why anti-Semitism has emerged in the most: highly developed capitalistic couiitrics of Europe, as for exaniple in Germany," '
He emphasized that the Jews', de¬ velopment of their own press, and language (Yiddish) indicates that the Jeivs will be preserved for a long, time to come, but.added; "This peo¬ ple cannot, exist without, a common territory of its own; Zionism is based on this idea. But the day-by-day record of events,is not sucli as to in¬ dicate that Zionism isjcapable of solv¬ ing the Jewish problem. The conflict between the Jews . and the Arabs is assuming a most .tragic and menacing character. I am utterly convinced that the Jewish problem cannot be solved within the framework, of pu¬ trescent capitalism and under-the con¬ trol ¦ of British-, imperialism."
Discussing the solution of-the JeW'
mankind. , Aiiytliing that is.donc with¬ out that ix)int of view cannot be more than a palliative and temporary meas- . ure, aii the example of . Palestine proves." ¦ ,
B. B. Sees Anti-Jewish
Propaganda Still a
Threat in U*S.
charge. Rabbi Nathan Zelizer will
also summarize the latest JewislTCur-lish problem under Socialism; Trotzky
rent Events. Mrs. B. W.; Abramson is in charge of the program.
The brotherhood of the T. I. Tem¬ ple will hold its regular meeting that tiiglit at 8 o'clock sharp in the "small synagogue" and will be presided over
Bryden Road Temple to House Flood Victims
Commencing Monday, Feb". Ist, Mrs. Albert Schiff, chairman, and Mrs. William Schiff, co-chairman, will open the Infant Welfare Drive for the Columhus Chapter of National Hadas¬ sah., The proceeds, of the campaign will provide- nourishment for Palestin¬ ian, children and offer pre-natal care .for the mothers. Twenty-three sani¬ tary milk stations , take care of the tliousands of expectant , mothers in Palestine, and their children. As a re¬ sult, of this work done by Hadassah, a recent research showed a marked infant and maternity mortality reduc¬ tion in thaf land. ¦;
Success of the work pf the recon¬ struction of Palestine depends first upon health of the people living and working in the country. Hadassah her lieves that by giving the infant a good healthy start, it will contribute greatly towards the upbuilding, of the couhtry. As the budget for this year's drive has been increased due to the influx of many German , children refugees into .Palestine, a greater response .;is needed in order to reach the quota of, the Hadassah Infant Welfare Drive. The cooperation of; Columbus Jewry is asked to, assure the successful con¬ clusion of, this great effort.
Assisting .Mesdaines Albert and William Schiff. are: Mesdames Jack Schiff; Morris Goldberg, Harry Mell- mali, Bernard Feitlinger, Louis Berns, Edward Davis, Jule Mark,, Edward Hyman, L W. Garek, Sam Schlonsky, Jack Schilling, Harry.' Silberstein, Earl Coplon, Justin Sillman, R, Nate- mati, B. W. Abramson, Edward Paiiet; Irving 'Roth, A, Jacobson, Arthur Taylor, Louis Gertner, Leon Nason, Robprt-^uid, 'Ben Yenkin, Sam Rosen¬ feld, Aapon i^uckerman, Louis Ruben and Sam Gurevitz.
10:1)0 P. M. and'^11 day Sunday to by Mr. I. H. Schlezinger, president of accept contribution^ The trustees, of the congregation and thb T. I. Senior the , Agudath AchiJn will change m 1 Sisterhood will also meet that- eyening shifts.^ The foilo^Tiff'h^vft alreadv in the Social-Hall,and will be presided
shifts.- The following. - have already volunteered to serv6: Walter Katz, M., Gertner, J, Yenkin,NB.: Wolman; J. Krakowitz, J. Schottenstein, L. Lakin, A. Yenkin; A. Poling, R B. Schot-' tenstein, A. Goldberg,; S.sRuben, S. Moss, B..Greenberg. A group of the Young, Israel organization also offered their' co-operation., . Rabbi Hirschsprung; in an interview with Colonel Miimm, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Refugee Hous¬ ing Coinmittee, promisied the coopci*a- fioh :of the AgudatK Achim Syna¬ gogue and its officers ih ¦ any case of housing emergency. ,
For. any iiiformation regarding re¬ lief, call either Walter Katz, GArfield 3906, or Rabbi Hirschsprung, FAirfax 0025. The Synagogue is located at Washington Avenue and Donaldson street. , ',
Governors, Senators aiid Con¬ gressmen Back Protest Against Poland
NEW YORK (WNS)~Governors of nine states, 14 United States Sena¬ tors from 13 states, and 66 metnbers of the House of Representatives from 30- states and Hawaii .have sent mes¬ sages of sympatUy^ with an approval of the purposes of the conference on the Jewish situation,in Polahd which the American Jewish Congress ¦ has convened for Sunday, January 31, in New York City:;
in the Social Hall and will be presided over; by Mrs. Morris . Brown, .presi¬ dent. Both meetings will, be open to the public.
'23 Years of Human Salvage" is a graphic new, form of sound filni that employs vivid pictures, thrilling voices, and exciting technique. It is the most appealing presentation ever made of the far flung work- of relief, and; re¬ habilitation financed by. American Jews. Rabbi Zelizer was fortunate in obtaining the films from the' Joint Distribution Committee, under >yhose auspices and cooperation the film is made available.
The pictures^ould be of great in: terest to all who concern themselves with thc sad plight of European Jewry, is the opinion of Rabbi ZeUzer/ "It is an excellent presentation of the. herculean relief work done in more than 40 countries, including Palestine," he.said. ;
Jew and Arab ; Represent Palestine at Coronation
JERUSALEM (WNS - Palcor Agency) ^Palestine will, be repre¬ sented at the 'coronation of King George VI, it was announced in. the persons of Isaac Ben Zvi, President of the Jewish National Council, and Amin Abdul Hadi, member of the Moslem Supreme Council. The Jewish and Arab leaders have both, accepted the invitation addressed to them by His Majesty.
There: will -be ,no Sabbath School, no Temple Supper which was sched¬ uled for Sunday, Jan. 31, and no other activities or group gatherings at the Bryden Road Temple until, further notice, are the orders of the Bryden Road Temple Board. This step.was necessitated in order to respond to an appeal made by the American Red Cross in the housing of-the many flood refugees brought here to Co¬ lumbus during the paat week. The Temple has prepared to care for over 100 Portsmouth flood victims, and lias graciously offered all its facilities in this humanitarian efltort.
According to Rabbi Samuel Gup, only a meeting of the Sabbath School faculty members will be held on Sun¬ day, Jan., 31. at &:45 A. M.^ in his study at the Bryden Rd. Temple. The Sisterhood supper has definitely been postponed to Feb. 14th.
Flood Refugees to Benefit By Bridge Wednesday
For the benefit of the thousands of flood refugees, a group bf Jewish women headed by Mrs. Sam Lichten¬ stein, 783 Fairwood Ave., Mrs. Charles Solomon, Mrs. Jack Mellman, Mrs. Sam Shenker, Mrs. A.. Pollacki Mrs. M. Baum, Mrs. Jos. Schecter and Mrs. Harry O. Mellman. are sponsoring a bridge party at the East Broad St. Temple next Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 8, at 1 o'clock. The cdst per pei-son will be only 35 cents for an enjoyable afternoon of bridge with prizes included. All money raised by this effort will go towards providing relief to flood sufferers, T^o those unfortunate men, women and children, the proceeds Of Wednesday afternoon's bridge i>arty will be of considerable help and inspiration.
How To Give Flood Help
To make casK donations; Take it to Red Cros3 headquarters, 387 E. Broad St., or call MAin 2211, or the Columbus Clearing House Association, ADams 9816, or ADams 3938, or radio statioms WCOL, WBNS or WHKCt or leave cash donations at any bank.
To help house flood refugees: Churches and lodges call Rev. Edwin D. Miner, Broad St. Presbyterian Church, ADams 2289.
To give food, clothing, beds and bedding: Take it to Salvation Army headquarters, 138 E. State St., or call MAin 3235 for truck to pick ii up. Canned food is needed.
To give food and clothing: Take it to Memorial Hall, where American Legion is receiving contribu¬ tions, or call ADams 2316 or ADams 1413 for truck to pick it up.
To give food, clothing and other supplies: Take it to the Volunteers of America headquarters, 379 W. Broad St., or call for truck at ADams 8650, ADams 6180, or ADams 6189.
Return your empty milk bottles to the dairy, so they can be used to ship inilk to flooded areas. .
said Socialism would have "iiiCredible possibilities" in this field. "Human history has already had a period of mass migration, jn a barbarian- age. Socialism will provide the opportunity for a great migration facilitated by a highly developed, technical and ciil-r tiiral background. The reference is not, naturally, tq „a forced emigration which-'would create new .ghettos for certain nationalities,;, this migration will be one which, certain peoples, or sections of them, will themselves de¬ mand. The scattered Jewish masses which Want to live in a cohtmuriity of their own will surely find a sufficiently large and'fertile place under the sun. Similar _ opportunities will be . pro¬ vided for the Arabs and other scat¬ tered peoples. National topography will become a part ' of planned economy. This is the great historical perspective that opens up before me. Working for international Socialism is identical with working for a solu¬ tion of the Jewish question,
Speaking of the Je>vish problem in the Soviet Union, he said it still exists in the sense that there exists a Ukrain¬ ian, . Georgian and' even a Russian problem. Trotzky charged that "the all-powerful bureaucracy is stifling the development of national cultures as of culture in general" atid even de¬ clared that "to strengthen its ppsition the bureaucracy- did not even .stop short of creating, to a certain extent, chauvinistic I and ,even anti-Semitic tendencies." , The former Soviet war lord also asserted that the last trial of counter-revolutionaries in Moscow was staged allegedly with the "inten¬ tion of presenting the internationalists as faithless and lawless Jews who are capable bf selling' themselves to .the Gernian secret police. S'hce ,1925, and especially since 1026, there has been going on a well-camouflaged, demagogic anti-Semitic movement which is not easy to expose; side by side with, sb to speak, symbolic trials of avowed progromists."
Dealing with the social assimilation of the old Jewish petty bourgeoisie in Soviet society, Trotzky declared: "A considerable part of the Jewish petty bourgeoisie and of the lower and mid¬ dle class strata iu general .has been taken into the huge machine of gov¬ ernment, industry, commerce, co- opeiVJtives, etc. Thisi provides the basis for a tendency to anti-Semitism, and the leaders, with the utmost skill, divert and direct against the Jews the dissatisfaction that prevails against the bureaucracy." He declined to give a iiersonal opinion of Birobidjan be¬ cause hc doesn't know the region and ia not familiar with the conditions under which the Jews are establishing themselves there. He did say, how¬ ever, that "iii any case this wpuld be only a partial experiment; Soviet Russia is still too poor to solve its own Jewish question, even if its regime were much more Socialistic than it is today.. The Jewish.problem, I emphasize again, is closely bound up with that of the emancipation of all
MIAMI, FLORIDA (WNS)—. Thc , B'nai. B'rith Anti-Defamation' League, handled. 9C8 cases of anti- Jewish defamaltion in 1936 as comr. pared with 287 in 1935, Richard E; Gutstadt, director of the League, re¬ ported to the two-day annual meeting of B'nai B'rith's executive committee held in the Hotel Floridian, Ex-; pressing the belief that "as a result of the election a substantial number, of (anti-Semitic) agencies will cease to function," Mr. Gutstadt emphasized that 'Ve are equally convinced, how¬ ever, that the hostile propaganda is ¦ hy no means at an end in our couiit , try, but that as a matter of fact aniir Semites- and other eneniies .of the American system are actively at work;, rebuilding their fences and planning destructive action Of a character which counsels the utmost vigilance and concern on the part of American Jewry." By classes the League's 1936 cases were divided as follows: books, '¦'. 70; education, 16; employment, 37:; in¬ vestigations, 203; magazines and pam¬ phlets, 68; moying. pictures, and, the theatre,-48.; newspapers, ,116;, organ- . izations; 102; propagandists or anti- Seinitcs, 107; Passion Play, 24; radi.o, 40; resorts and hotels, 29; miscella¬ neous, 108. : ¦
Alfred M; ,Cohen,' president , of B'nai B'rith, reported to the commit¬ tee that the .Order's lodges now num- ; ber 441, an increase of SE7 bver^ .1KJ5,;. New lodges, he said, were established, in Tel Aviv,, Santiago, Chile and Iifon'tevideo, Urugudy, He also re- ; ported that the women's auxiliary's membership has risen from, iO.OOO to 15,000. Sam Berber, chairman ofthe Aleph Zadek , Aleph, reported con¬ tinued gains by the junior diyision of the Order. Dr. Abram Sachar, chair¬ man of the Hillel. Foundation; Com¬ mission, reported that the 13 founda¬ tions were making steady progress, and that the morale was higher than at any timb since 1929.
**Sugar'n Spice" Proceeds wm Be Given to the i Flood Victims
At a. special meeting of the Board Members of the Tifereth Israel Jr.; , Sisterhood it .was unanimously passed that : the net proceeds of their 3rd annual show and dance "Sugar 'N Spice" tb- be held in the social;hall' oJE the Broad St. Tfemple tomorrow night (Sunday) Jan.;31, will be turned over to the Red Cross, the agency caring for the flood victims.
Although ^ reservations have al¬ ready been made by Dr. Cotton's Housing Committee to shelter approxi-' mately 8(1 refugees in the East Broad St. Temple; this. affair nevertheless ¦ vvill be shown. Should the committee find it necessary to utilize the temple for sheltering the homeless, ;the shbw and dance vyill be given in the biiild-', irig" in the rear of the Temple.
The Jewish Community is asked to' cooperate with the Sisterhood in the success of this charitable effort by attending the perforinance which will begin promptly'at 8 o'clock.; Chic' Milligan and,his orchestra will furnish the music.
During, the. last week additional ' patron tickets were sold to the follow¬ ing: Sally's Beauty Shop, 984' Lock-; bourne Rd., Dr. and Mrs. Lester Selig¬ son, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mellman, Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Solomon, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Brown,' Mr. and Mrs. B. Grossman, Mr, and Mrs. Albert Schiff, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Schiff, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Katz, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gilbert, and Vierick Florists-
Council to Meet Tuesday
A meeting of the Cwmcil of Jew¬ ish Women will be held Ttiesday, Feb. '2, at 2 o'clock, at the Bryden Road, Temple. Warren W. Tuttle, assistant in the public relations division of jpub- lic assistance, will speak on "An In¬ terpretation of the Social Security Services." Current events will be read by Mrsi. Justin Sillman.
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